American college football season
The 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Mountaineers played as members of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12) and were led by head coach Dana Holgorsen , in his sixth year. West Virginia played its home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia . 2016 was the 125th season of West Virginia football. They finished the season 10–3, 7–2 in Big 12 play to finished in a tie for second place. They received an invitation to the Russell Athletic Bowl where they lost to Miami.[1]
Preseason [ edit ] Big 12 media poll [ edit ] The 2016 Big 12 media days were held July 18–19, 2016 in Dallas, Texas . In the Big 12 preseason media poll, West Virginia was predicted to finish seventh in the standings.[2]
Big 12 media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Oklahoma 258 (24) 2 TCU 222 (2) 3 Oklahoma State 202 4 Baylor 156 5 Texas 151 6 Texas Tech 141 7 West Virginia 126 8 Kansas State 88 9 Iowa State 59 10 Kansas 27
Schedule [ edit ] West Virginia announced its 2016 football schedule on November 24, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home, 4 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Mountaineers will host Big 12 foes Baylor , Kansas , Kansas State , Oklahoma , and TCU , and will travel to Iowa State , Oklahoma State , Texas , and Texas Tech .[3]
The team will play three non–conference games, two home games against the Missouri Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Youngstown State Penguins from the Missouri Valley Football Conference , and one neutral site game which is against the BYU Cougars at FedExField in Landover, Maryland .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 Noon Missouri * FS1 W 26–1160,125 September 10 2:00 p.m. No. 20 (FCS ) Youngstown State * Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV RTPT W 38–2156,261 September 24 3:30 p.m. vs. BYU * ESPN2 W 35–3238,207 October 1 3:30 p.m. Kansas State ESPNU W 17–1661,701 October 15 Noon at Texas Tech No. 20 FS1 W 48–1754,111 October 22 3:30 p.m. TCU No. 12 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV ABC W 34–1061,780 October 29 Noon at Oklahoma State No. 10 FOX L 20–3759,584 November 5 7:00 p.m. Kansas No. 20 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV ESPN2 W 48–2156,343 November 12 Noon at Texas No. 16 FS1 W 24–2096,367 November 19 8:00 p.m. No. 9 Oklahoma No. 14 ABC L 28–5657,645 November 26 3:30 p.m. at Iowa State No. 18 FS1 W 49–1951,365 December 3 3:30 p.m. Baylor No. 16 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV FS1 W 24–2149,229 December 28 5:30 p.m. vs. Miami (FL) * No. 16 ESPN L 14–3148,625
Schedule Source: [4] Game summaries [ edit ] Missouri [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 3 0 8 11 Mountaineers 10 3 10 3 26
Youngstown State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #20 (FCS ) Penguins 0 14 0 7 21 Mountaineers 7 7 17 7 38
Vs. BYU [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 7 6 6 13 32 Mountaineers 7 14 7 7 35
Kansas State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 7 6 3 0 16 Mountaineers 0 0 3 14 17
At Texas Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #20 Mountaineers 10 14 3 21 48 Red Raiders 7 0 3 7 17
1 2 3 4 Total Horned Frogs 3 7 0 0 10 #12 Mountaineers 14 7 10 3 34
At Oklahoma State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #10 Mountaineers 3 7 0 10 20 Cowboys 6 14 7 10 37
1 2 3 4 Total Jayhawks 0 0 14 7 21 #14 Mountaineers 10 21 14 3 48
At Texas [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #11 Mountaineers 10 7 7 0 24 Longhorns 3 10 7 0 20
Oklahoma [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #8 Sooners 21 13 7 15 56 #10 Mountaineers 0 7 7 14 28
At Iowa State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #19 Mountaineers 14 7 14 14 49 Cyclones 13 3 3 0 19
1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 14 0 7 21 #14 Mountaineers 3 7 7 7 24
Miami (FL) – Russell Athletic Bowl [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #14 Mountaineers 7 0 7 0 14 Hurricanes 0 21 10 0 31
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP — RV — — RV 22 20 12 10 14 11 10 19 14 14 18 Coaches — RV RV RV RV 20 18 13 9 15 10 9 17 13 12 17 CFP Not released 20 16 14 18 16 16 Not released
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